World's OFFSHORE VESSELS

[Sterkoder]

Nice pictures, 'Ombugge'!!! Great to see the Pacific fleet, with their "beautiful" logo
(You see, I wear the same logo on my uniform chest, as I work for another division of Swire).

Anyway, as she did one week ago, "Edda Flora" is still moored in Kristiansund, and today they had some service and tryout of their ROV

[ombugge]

As a kind of follow up to the post about the UT 704s, here is one of the early attempt to built something similar in the US, with US mchinery and equipment.

This is the AHTS "Heritage Service", built for Zapata (of George H.W.Bush fame) in San Diego, Ca. in 1977. Now operated by Tidewater Marine.
Basic specs: Loa; 57,83 m. Beam; 12.19 m. Depth; 5.18 m.
Main Engines: 2 x EMD 16-645E7 (5,750 Bhp total)

I have worked with this boat many time over the years, both here in S.RE.Asia and off Tierra del Fuego in the early 1980s.

Here she is coming out of the rainstorm at Eastern Working Anchorage, Singapore a few days ago:

The Pakarang view

A round trip. Port Bow and Superstructure:


Port quarter:


Stern view:

Note the Stern gate, which has to be removed for Anchor handling, put in for Towing.

Stbd. side:


Work deck:


Work deck and Superstructure seen from aft:


Towing/ Anchor handling winch:

Directly diesel driven in the typical US style.

The Triplex Chain/Wire Stopper (Shark Jaws):

Made in KSU, as Sterkoder is bound to point out.

[ombugge]

The Bridge - Fwrd. controls:


Aft controls:


Winch Controls:

Usually local winch control on US boats of the time.

View of the work deck and winch from the winch control position:


Even the Bulk System is controlled from the Bridge. (An unusual feature on US boats of the time):

The CCTV screen is a late addition.

An ingenious Captain's Chair:

Also a late addition, I'm sure.

One of the EMD 16V Main Engines:

If all else fails, seek divine intervention. (Thai Engineers on board)

Aux. Engine:


Bow thruster directly driven by another diesel engine:


A simple way of solving a piping problem, run a hose:

But NOT through a watertight door. (Now with a quick coupling on my insistence)

[ombugge]

The accommodation was also very different from the spartan GOM boats. Here is the Recreation Room:



The Mess Room:


This one is still working regularly, while newer boats are idle.
She is now in Indonesia.

[Sterkoder]

Made in KSU, as Sterkoder is bound to point out.

Right at this moment I'm at work, just starting in about 10 minutes.
My list of Sterkoder buildings is in my home computer, so I'm not automatically bound to point that out.
Are you 100% positive that "Heritage Service" is built by Sterkoder...?
I can't notice any "Sterkoder design details" in your pictures.

I might very well make a fool out of myself here...., but until I reach my list, I'll take that chanse.

(Passwords to my several shipping registery web sites are also at home. I don't remember them, as I'm always automatically logged in...).

[ombugge]

Are you 100% positive that "Heritage Service" is built by Sterkoder...?
I can't notice ant "Sterkoder design details" in your pictures.

"Heritage Service" was built in USA, which was the point of this long post.

But the Triplex Stopper is made in KSU (Or at least near by)

This may not have been from original build though. I don't know if they had been invented yet in 1977, at least not is this 350 t. SWL size.

[Sterkoder]

which was the point of this long post.

When I got "1000 things" to think about...., even my head log off once in a while
Campbell Industries it is

About the Triplex Stopper, as the name suggest, I belive it is built by Triplex AS at Averøy, a nearby community/island to Kristiansund.
You might be familiar with all the Triplex cranes and fishnet recovery system

[Sterkoder]

Not exactly a frequent visitor to our harbour, but anyway..., here's "Olympic Promoter"

[Steve.B]

Just to let you all know that i am greatly enjoying this thread, great pictures everyone. I just feel a bit guilty for not being able to contribute. I wish i had had the foresight to always have the camera with me when i was working on the boat, i made the mistake of assuming i still had many years left to go in the marine industry in which to take photos. I shall always regret not recording more.

But thanks for all these great posts, they are very much enjoyed!

[Sterkoder]

Drove over to dock #9 at Vestbase today to take a picture of "Seven Seas" at dock #8, before she leave at around 8:30PM tonight.
Now..., I can't deside if the "standing" picture or the wide one is the best, so here they both are...., hoping for good advice from experts

[janihudi]

i go for the high image,high object, high image.
with a wide image you have lot with nothing on the side when you want from top til bottum captered.
but i think that its a personal thast,everyone is different.

[Clipper]

In the photographic/print industry, they call the two formats :

• "Portrait" (high)
• "Landscape" (wide)

These terms always apply, regardless of content. ie. the photo does not necessarily contain a portrait (picture of a person) or a landscape (like a typical Constable or Breugel).

Big S, of your two versions portrait works better for me but I wonder if a square crop might suit this subject. It would allow you to inlude the quayside detail to the right whilst excluding the large "empty" area to the left of the ship.

Clipper

[Steve.B]

I am certainly not an expert, but I also prefer the 'portrait' (tall) version. The ship is framed perfectly for me. In the 'landscape' image, the background is too far away to offer any interest to the photo. But like mentioned, this is purely my own preference, and everyone does have different preferences!

[Seagull]

I was also going to vote for portrait. But I do also like Clipper’s square suggestion a lot – because including the cars on the quay helps give a sense of scale to the ship. I’d include everything that is on the right of the landscape version in the square crop, so that the yellow doesn’t become too distracting (as it might if on the extreme edge of the picture).

[Sterkoder]

Totally agree with you all. Thank you for taking time to comment on my images!
When taking this kind of pictures of a vessel, I always use 'portrait'...., but this time I thought it did something to it that I can't put my finger on when I saw it in 'landscape'...

[pakarang]

Am no expert as well, but I also like the portrait version of the image.

Shows her tall profile and special design.

[pilotdane]

I really think of this thread when I see pictures of the oil rig that recently exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. The rig in flames and a circle of boats battling the flames. It really shows that an anchor handler, tug or supply boat has another important purpose.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gall...ture=361765241

[Steve.B]

Oh no, this reminds me of the 1988 Piper Alpha oil rig disaster in the North Sea. How i missed this in the news i do not know. Very sad to hear 11 are missing.

[pilotdane]

Deepwater Horizon is now on the bottom. This should make it even more difficult to figure out what went wrong.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/04/23/oil...ex.html?hpt=T2

[pakarang]

Deepwater Horizon is now on the bottom. This should make it even more difficult to figure out what went wrong.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/04/23/oil...ex.html?hpt=T2

Very tragic to learn the loss of 11 people, but also tragic to hear of the environmental catastrophe this fire is/has causing/caused.